Re: Debian Linux
> Debian makes me want to dive in and learn all
> it's internal
> workings. Keep up the good work!!
>
> mike
Here are some tips I've harvested from this group
straight from Will Trillich's Tips. Hope they come in
handy:
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #1 from Will Trillich
<will@serensoft.com>
:
Looking to use your Debian machine as a FIREWALL? No
problem! Try "apt-get install ipmasq"... After you've
got your /etc/network/interfaces file set up properly,
ipmasq will save you lots of work, setting up firewall
and routing tables automatically.
--
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #5 from Will Trillich
<will@serensoft.com>
:
What's a "MANPAGE"? It's the documentation you get
when you enter "man <something>" such as "man
sources.list" or "man interfaces" or "man bash".
--
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #6 from Will Trillich
<will@serensoft.com>
:
How do you keep text from SCROLLING BY TOO DAMN FAST?
:) Before pressing the ENTER key of a command that you
know will generate a lot of output, "pipe" it through
your pager:
ls -lR | pager
locate tgz | pager
grep -r pattern /home | pager
You can also try <SHIFT>-<PAGE-UP> to scroll back.
This works both at the console and in rxvt/xterm
windows.
--
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #7 from Will Trillich
<will@serensoft.com>
:
Wondering what COMMANDS you have at your disposal? Try
pressing the TAB key at the command line. For example,
"apt<TAB>" will show you all the commands that start
with "apt". (This is called "completion" if you want
to look it up in your shell's manpage.) (Different
implementions have the <TAB> completion set up
differently -- you may need to press <TAB> twice.)
--
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #8 from Will Trillich
<will@serensoft.com>
:
Search for Debian PACKAGES online with this shortcut:
http://packages.debian.org/[packagename] If you
can't find it right off, just hop to the "search
packages" link that's offered there.
--
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #9 from Will Trillich
<will@serensoft.com>
:SLINK was the code name for Debian release 2.1;
POTATO is Debian 2.2 (currently a synonym for
"stable") and WOODY is the upcoming release (currently
a synonym for "testing"). And SID is "unstable". The
names are all characters from the movie "Toy Story".
--
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #12 from Will Trillich
<will@serensoft.com>
:
Where is the DOCUMENTATION? It's all over the place...
and there's lots of it. Much was written for
non-debian distributions, and much was written long,
long ago. But try these anyhow: on your own system,
try "man" and "info" and "apropos", and also look
under /usr/share/doc/<package>* ... Online, there's
linuxdoc.org, debianhelp.org, and debian.org/doc/ of
course. Also try
http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/general/index-deb-help-sys.html
--
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #13 from Will Trillich
<will@serensoft.com>
:
How can you generate RANDOM EMAIL SIGNATURES? Many
email client shave this feature -- for mutt, simply
declare in your ~/.muttrc file something like
send-hook debian- "set signature='~/.signature-debian
|'"
(note the quoted value ends with a 'pipe|' symbol)
Then whenever you send email to any debian-* address,
it'll append the output from your script, instead of
appending a static file.
--
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #14 from Will Trillich
<will@serensoft.com>
:
What's a RUNLEVEL? It's simply a big-time setting
group; runlevel 2 might have a full-blown web server
plus X running, and runlevel 3 might be ssh-only, for
secure logins. Check /etc/inittab (and
/etc/rc[RUNLEVEL].d/*) for details on how yours are
set up. And try man runlevel.
Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...
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